Spice Towers & Boxes

A Rare and Important Art Nouveau Silver Goblet

$6,000.00

An Important Parcel Gilt Sabbath Goblet by Heironymus Mittnacht

$15,000.00

A Rare and Important Chanukah Lamp

$15,500.00

001. A LARGE SILVER SPICE CONTAINER

Estimate $1,800 – 2,200

003. A CARVED COWRY SHELL COMMORATING THE 14TH ZIONIST CONGRESS IN VIENNA

Estimate $800 – 1,200

004. A STERLING SILVER SPICE TOWER BY BRITTON, GOULD AND COMPANY

Sold for $593.75

006. A LARGE SILVER CEREMONIAL BOWL

Estimate $900 -1,200

007. AN EARLY SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $1,500 – 2,000

008. A LARGE ANTIQUE CHALEF (KOSHER SLAUGHTERING KNIFE)

Estimate $1,200 – 1,500

009. AN EXTREMELY LARGE ANTIQUE BAROQUE MENORAH

Sold for $1187.50

010. A SMALL VINTAGE SEFER TORAH

Estimate $1,500 – 2,000

011. A RUBY COLORED PASSOVER BEAKER

Estimate $600 – 900

012. A BLUE GLASS PASSOVER BEAKER

Estimate $600 – 900

014. AN EARLY SILVER SPICE TOWER

Estimate $700 – 900

015. AN RARE ASHKENAZ BAIS YOSEF MEGILLAH IN THE ORIGINAL WOODEN CASE

Estimate $3,000 – 5,000

017. A LARGE SILVER SPICE CONTAINER BY M

Sold for $1187.50

019. AN EARLY ROSH HASHANAH DISH

Estimate $1,500 – 2,000

020. A GREEN GLAZED SEDER PLATE

Estimate $1,500 – 2,300

021. THREE PAIRS OF MINIATURE TEFILLIN

Estimate $1,200 – 1,500

022. A BISQUE BUST OF THEODOR HERZL

Estimate $1,200 – 1,500

023. A WOODEN SCULPTURE BUST OF THEODOR HERZL

Estimate $1,200 – 1,500

024. A GROUP OF FIVE CIRCULAR SILVER AMULETS

Sold for $750

025. TWO SILVER TABLET FORM AMULETS

Sold for $593.75

026. TWO STYLIZED RECTANGULAR SILVER AMULETS

Sold for $500

027. A GROUP OF EIGHT SILVER AMULETS

Sold for $1187.50

028. A GROUP OF FOUR SILVER SQUARE AMULETS

Sold for $687.50

029. A GROUP OF SEVEN HEART SHAPED AMULETS

Sold for $1187.50

030. A GROUP OF FIVE LARGE CIRCULAR AMULETS

Sold for $1187.50

031. AN EARLY SILVER HAVDALAH DISH

Estimate $1,200 – 1,500

032. A JEWISH BOOK SHAPED PIGGY BANK

Sold for $1500

033. A PAIR OF PURE SILVER TORAH FINIALS

Estimate $2,500 – 4,000

034. A RARE PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000

036. A LARGE GLASS WINE BOTTLE IN THE SHAPE OF THE TURIN SYNAGOGUE

Sold for $937.50

038. AN IMPORTANT SILVER SPICE CONTAINER

Estimate $5,000 – 7,000

039. A LARGE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $700 – 900

040. AN ANTI-SEMITIC WALKING CANE

Estimate $3,000 – 5,000

041. A LARGE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $1,200 – 1,800

043. A LARGE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $3,000 – 4,000

044. AN EARLY AND RARE KIDDUSH GOBLET BY THE BEZALEL SCHOOL

Estimate $5,000 – 7,000

045. A VERY LARGE PEWTER SEDER PLATE

Estimate $3,000 – 5,000

046. AN EARLY PARCEL GILT KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $1,500 – 2,000

047. A LARGE SILVER BEAKER BY PAUL SOLANIER

Estimate $1,500 – 2,000

049. AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE SILVER MENORAH

Estimate $5,000 – 8,000

050. A LARGE SYNAGOGUE ARK ORNAMENT

Sold for $2125

051. A RARE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $2,000 – 3,000

052. A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS BY JOHANN FREIDRICH EHE (1735 – 1808)

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000

053. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER SHMIROT BEAKER

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000

054. A SILVER MEGILLAH CASE WITH THE ORIGINAL MEGILLAH BY THE BEZALEL SCHOOL

Estimate $5,000 – 7,000

055. A VERY EARLY SILVER KIDDUSH CUP

Sold for $5000

056. A LARGE SILVER ‘“SAFED” KIDDUSH CUP

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000

057. AN ANTIQUE MINIATURE SEFER TORAH

Estimate $6,000 – 9,000

058. AN ANTIQUE MINIATURE SEFER TORAH

Sold for $6000

060. A RARE AND EARLY SILVER AMULET

Estimate $3,000 – 5,000

061. A RARE SILVER SHMIROT KIDDUSH CUP

Sold for $8750

062. AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND IMPORTANT TORAH SHIELD WITH BOYANER CHASSIDIC INTEREST

Estimate $12,000 – 15,000

063. A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT CIGARETTE CASE BELONGING TO RABBI SHMUEL YAAKOV RABINOWITZ

Estimate $2,500 – 3,000

064. A LARGE SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $3,000 – 4,000

065. A LARGE SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000

066. A LARGE SILVER TORAH CROWN BY EMUNATH MIZRACH WORKSHOP

Sold for $4000

067. A RARE AND IMPORTANT GILDED SILVER FILIGREE MEGILLAH CASE WITH ORIGINAL MEGILLAH

Sold for $8750

068. A LARGE WOODEN SCULPTURE OF THEODOR HERZL LEADING MOSES TO THE PROMISED LAND

Estimate $15,000 – 20,000

069. A LARGE AND EARLY ACID ETCHED BRASS PLATE BY BEZALEL

Sold for $2500

070. A RARE AND IMPORTANT COPPER CHARITY CONTAINER

Sold for $3625

071. A RARE AND IMPORTANT TORAH BINDING

Estimate $12,000 – 15,000

072. A LARGE AND MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF SILVER TEFILLIN CASES

Estimate $15,000 – 18,000

073. A MONUMENTAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $35,000 – 45,000

074. A PARCEL GILT TORAH SHIELD BY GEORG LUDWIG LANGENHAN, KITZINGEN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Sold for $15,000

075. A RARE AND UNUSUAL SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $25,000 – 30,000

076. A RARE SILVER SABBATH LAMP

Estimate $25,000 – 35,000

077. AN EARLY SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Sold for $6000

078. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH POINTER

Estimate $6,000 – 8,000

079. AN IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $5,000 – 7,000

080. A RARE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP OF DUTCH (Oldenzaal) INTEREST

Sold for $3000

081. A MONUMENTAL DECORATED ARTILLERY SHELL CASING BY THE BEZALEL SCHOOL

Estimate $6,000 – 9,000

083. A LARGE AND MAGNIFICENT TORAH SHIELD

Estimate $25,000 – 35,000

084. A MASSIVE SILVER SPICE TOWER

Estimate $15,000 – 20,000

085. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH SHIELD BY PAOLO RUZZOLI

Estimate $12,000 – 15,000

086. A RARE AND IMPORTANT PAIR OF SILVER TEFILLIN CASES OF LITHUANIAN INTEREST

Estimate $12,000 – 15,000

087. SEDER HATEFILLOT MIKOL HASHANAH (PRAYER BOOK FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR)

Estimate $8,000 – 12,000

088. A RARE AND IMPORTANT SILVER TORAH CROWN

Estimate $18,000 – 22,000

089. A LARGE WOOD SCULPTURE BY H

Estimate $4,000 – 6,000.

090. A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS

Sold for $2000

091. A RARE WALL SCONCE BY YAAKOV AND BOAZ YEMINI

Sold for $2000

092. A LARGE AND RARE SILVER KIDDUSH CUP BY LUDWIG WOLPERT

Sold for $2250

093. A PAIR OF STERLING SILVER CANDLESTICKS BY TAS WORKSHOP

Sold for $4000

094. A LARGE STERLING AND ENAMEL KIDDUSH CUP BY YAAKOV DAVIDOFF

Estimate $12,000 – 15,000

095. A STERLING SILVER TANACH BY I

Estimate $600 – 900

096. A LARGE STERLING SILVER KIDDUSH GOBLET AND UNDERPLATE BY BIER SILVERSMITHS

Estimate $900 – 1,200

097. A STERLING SILVER KIDDUSH CUP BY BENNY DABBAH

Estimate $1,100 – 1,300

098. THE SEVEN SPECIES MEZUZAH COLLECTION BY LUVATON

Sold for $937.50

099. A LARGE STERLING AND BRASS CHARITY BOX BY DUDEK SWED

Sold for $3625

100. A VINTAGE OLIVEWOOD MEGILLAH CASE WITH GRA STYLE MEGILLAH

Estimate $900 – 1,200

101. A STERLING SILVER AND BRASS ARON KODESH

Sold for $11,250

102. A LARGE INLAID WOOD MEGILLAH CASE BY ALEXANDER AND LORELEI GRUSS

Sold for $3000

103. A PAIR OF SILVER TORAH FINIALS BY ALEXANDER AND LORELEI GRUSS

Sold for $6000

104. A SPICE CONTAINER BY ALEXANDER AND LORELEI GRUSS

Estimate $2,000 – 3,000

105. THE TREE OF LIFE SHTENDER BY DAVID MOSS AND NOAM GREENBERG

Sold for $6875

109. A CERAMIC PIGGY BANK FROM THE GROSSINGER’S RESORT

Sold for $593.75

110. A MASSIVE STERLING SILVER AND ENAMEL ETROG CONTAINER BY YAAKOV DAVIDOFF

Estimate $20,000 – 30,000

111. MARC CHAGALL, “JERUSALEM WINDOWS” BOOK WITH 2 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS

Estimate $500 – 800

112. “THE FOOLS OF KAGANOVITCH”

Estimate $800 – 1,200

113. A LARGE COLLECTION OF SYNAGOGUE POSTCARDS

Estimate $2,800 – 3,500

114. A GROUP OF 34 ORIGINAL BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EARLY PALESTINE

Estimate $1,800 – 2,000

J Greenstein to Host Antique Judaica Auction January 24

Going once, going twice…it’s auction time at J Greenstein & Company, the only auction house in the United States solely devoted to the sale of antique Judaica. Founded in 2004 by Jonathan Greenstein, the Judaica retail gallery and auction house focusses on antique Jewish ritual objects and art from the 1600s to 1938.

Looking for a New Menorah? Two of Elizabeth Taylor’s Are Up for Sale

(JTA) — If you want to illuminate a piece of Hollywood history next Hanukkah, here’s your chance: Two menorahs used by the movie star Elizabeth Taylor are up for auction next month.

The Ultimate Hanukkah Gift: Elizabeth Taylor’s Menorahs are Up for Auction

This year, those of us who are both in need of a menorah and interested in spending thousands of dollars on vintage Judaica are in luck. Two hanukkiot that once belonged to Elizabeth Taylor, who converted to Judaism in 1959, are on display at the J. Greenstein Gallery in Cedarhurst, N.Y, and will be up for auction in January.

TMZ: Elizabeth Taylor’s Menorahs to be Auctioned Off After Hanukkah Display

Elizabeth Taylor didn't make the cut in "The Chanukah Song," but she famously converted to Judaism in 1959, and now ... a couple mementos of her faith are hitting the auction block. Two menorahs belonging to the iconic "Cleopatra" star will be on display for the...

Auction: November 12, 2018